About The Agency

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

We maintain building and resident safety and health
We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

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Your Team

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) leads the agency’s effort to protect the City’s investment in affordable housing and ensure that properties remain stable and affordable over the long-term. APM actively monitors the performance and regulatory compliance of projects sponsored, supervised, and owned by the City, and connects people to affordable housing opportunities.

The Office of Asset and Property Management (APM) is composed of five divisions, which includes the Divisions of Asset Management, Property Management & Client Services, Housing Supervision, Housing Opportunities & Program Services, and Co-op Readiness & Technical Services.

The Division of Property Management (PM), a division within the Office of Asset and Property Management (APM), leads the agency’s efforts for property management of city-owned residential and commercial properties and provision of temporary housing and rehousing assistance for tenants displaced from their homes because of fires and vacate orders.

Urban Renewal and Property Management (URPM), a PM work unit, manages city-owned properties under HPD jurisdiction, including daily maintenance; routine repairs; local law compliance, including but not limited to, lead monitoring and abatement, façade repairs, pest control; rent collection and vacancy control; and tenant relations. URPM also administers relocation benefits for urban redevelopment projects, manages property control functions such as tracking and reporting inventory changes, manages program expense budgets and micro purchases for the office, and manages the office’s vehicles and fleet supplies.

Your Impact

As the inspector for Urban Renewal and Property Management (URPM) you will be responsible for inspecting multiple and single family HPD DPM dwellings, including vacant lots.

Your Role

Your role will be to Investigating and responding to (311) complaints, and internal DPM complaints, concerning emergency, insufficient heat; hot water, unsanitary conditions; illegal conversions, heat plants, including special commissioner projects.

Your Responsibilities

Responsible for HPD vehicle readiness, reporting any maintenance issues, including following HPD vehicle standard operating procedures.
Responsible for completing daily, and weekly route sheets, and vehicle mileage sheets.
Preparing scopes of work, as needed to correct all NYC external agency violations as needed for supervisor approval.
Accountable for monitoring generated (OMO) open market orders, from start, to completion.
Responsible for reporting and documenting any issues or concerns pertaining to contractor work performance.
Responsible for generating and signing off on (fir) field inspection reports for supervisor approval.
Investigating any assigned (EAD) engineering audit department, cost reductions, for corrections or verification.
Responsible for recording, and recommending any cost reductions as needed, pertaining to job completion, or job performance.
Responsible for contacting, tenants and arranging for appointments for inspections.
Accountable for contacting vendors for updates, and job completion status, including affidavit documentation.
Responsible for following, all HPD standard operating procedures and any required training.

Preferred Skills

Minimum 5 years of property maintenance, building repairs, violation remediation, construction management, or similar on residential properties. Commercial property and vacant lot management experience a plus.
Minimum of 3 years of vendor management, job monitoring, and compliance enforcement.
Demonstrated ability to develop effective maintenance and repair job scopes.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workflows with competing deadlines.
Demonstrated understanding of market pricing and ability to conduct market price research.
Must be organized, detail-oriented, and agile to changing priorities.
Strong communication and customer service skills.
Familiarity with HPDInfo and violation tracking systems for DOB, DOHMH, DSNY, DEP, etc. a plus
Only those who are Permanent in Construction Project Manager title and candidates that have taken the Construction Project Manager exam #0169 should apply.
Candidates may be assigned to field work in any of the five boroughs, and may be scheduled to work evenings and weekends
Candidates must possess and maintain a valid New York State driver’s license for the duration of their employment.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including H-1B visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position at the time of application.

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Minimum Qualifications

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience; or
One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management; or
One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States; or
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in “1” above and the education as described in “2” above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program as described in “2” above may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of satisfactory full-time experience up to a maximum of three years of experience.

Note: Candidates must specify for each construction project they worked on: a description of the construction project, the time period they worked on the construction project, and the type of work they performed. Candidates must also specify the money allotted for the project.

Driver License Requirement: At the time of appointment to this position, you must have a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York. If you have moving violations, license suspension or an accident record, you may be disqualified. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

For Assignment to Level II, In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, candidates must have one additional year of satisfactory full-time experience working in Assignment Level I; or one additional year of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above.
For Assignment to Level III, in addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements for Construction Project Manager, candidates must have two additional years of satisfactory full-time experience working in Construction Project Manager Assignment Level I and II; or two additional years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in question "1" above and possess a motor vehicle driver license valid in the State of New York which must be maintained for the duration of employment noting that if you have moving violations, license suspension or an accident record, you may be disqualified.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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